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Joining PixelFed. Should I choose pixelfed.social or gram.social? (lemmy.wtf)
submitted 3 weeks ago by nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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When I first joined Lemmy, I opened instance list and picked the instance when the easiest sign-up: lemmy.org. Then I wrote posts and comments to nothing for a week before realising it was defederated by all major instances and nobody sees my content. Ironic: I quit Reddit over a shadowban and my whole instance appears to be shadowbanned here. Then I joined an instance with downtime spikes resembling brush bristles.

I don't want to leave it up to chance this time. Pixelfed offers me these two options on sign-up. Which one is better?

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[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Pixelfed.social is the flagship instance run by the developer. Personally, I'd recommend a vernissage instance though, at least if you want an experience more like flickr and less like instagram.

[–] SuperLallarn@aggregatet.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What is a vernissage instance? Compared to a regular one.

[–] MacStainless@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Vernissage is a PixelFed competitor and will be open and support ActivityPub too. IMO I prefer it over PixelFed due to how PF’s creator acts at times.

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

To be clear, it already supports ActivityPub! Pixelfed and Vernissage interact with each other!

[–] Staff@piefed.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this a iOS thing only?

[–] MacStainless@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

It’s on the web

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting I never even saw that one on Fedidb. New?